History VideoGame / XMen1993

''X-Men'' is a 1993 UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis exclusive home console video game developed and published by Creator/{{Sega}}, being based on the adventures of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team, the ComicBook/XMen. One or two players can play as four selectable X-Men: [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]] (despite the latter [[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} not being with the team]] at the time), with the other members of the team ([[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Archangel]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]) serving as {{Assist Character}}s. The game would later get a 1995 sequel titled ''VideoGame/XMen2CloneWars''.

''X-Men'' is a 1993 UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis exclusive home console video game developed and published by Creator/{{Sega}}, being based on the adventures of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team, the ComicBook/XMen. One or two players can play as any of four pre-chosen X-Men: [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], or [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]] (despite [[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} not being with the team]] at the time), with the other members of the team ([[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Archangel]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]) serving as {{Assist Character}}s. The game would later get a 1995 sequel titled ''VideoGame/XMen2CloneWars''.

In the game's storyline, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] has managed to infect the main computer of the X-Men's Danger Room with a malicious virus, turning off all the safety measures so that the simulated dangers become truly deadly. When the X-Men show up for what they think will just be a routine training exercise, they instead find themselves trapped in the simulation room and fighting its fantasies, trying to last long enough to find a way out while being assisted by [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]].

** FinalBoss Magneto is mantled in one for most of the fight with him, to show his magnetic forcefield. Like Apocalypse, he is completely invulnerable to attacks so long as it's up, and only becomes vulnerable for a few seconds after firing off one of his two attacks.

* CainAndAbel: Deathbird and Lilandra. In the Shi'ar Empire stage, Lilandra said Deathbird wants to kill her, so she teleported one of the X-Man (your character) to the Shi'ar space station to defeat Deathbird, without contacting the Professor first. It's not really her, but a hologram projected by the Danger Room.

** Forge, Beast and Psylocke all appear in the game's cutscenes. The latter two characters would become playable in the sequel.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: the Shiar guards all wear metal armor of different colors. The weakest are the silver guards, the gold guards are the medium, and there are guards wearing a different shade of silver (probably meant to be platinum) which are the hardest.
* ComputerVirus: The plot is that Magneto has beamed a computer virus into the Danger Room from Asteroid M, causing the simulations to go haywire.

* DemotedToExtra: Archangel, Iceman, Jean Grey, Rogue and Storm are all important characters in the comics, but in the game are reduced to just assists. Rogue gets a particularly raw deal, being the only one of the characters and usuable assists not to appear on the cover art (Jean Grey doesn't appear either, but she's different from all the other assists, being a BottomlessPitRescueService who activates automatically and has unlimited uses).

* LightningBruiser: While all characters' attack strength isn't all that different, Nightcrawler is easily the fastest and the most agile of all. Unfortunately, though, he can't double jump, although he can make up for it with his teleportation technique.

''X-Men'' is a home console video game produced by Creator/{{Sega}} in 1993, based on the adventures of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team, the ComicBook/XMen. One or two players can play as any of four pre-chosen X-Men: [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], or [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]] (despite [[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} not being with the team]] at the time), with the other members of the team ([[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Archangel]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]) serving as {{Assist Character}}s. ''X-Men'' is a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis-exclusive game and in 1995 was followed up by a sequel, ''VideoGame/XMen2CloneWars''.

* AchillesHeel: Most of the game's bosses have one of these.
** Juggernaut, the miniboss of the first and third stages, can only be damaged by striking his helmet when he isn't moving.

** ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, the miniboss of Excalibur's Lighthouse, can only be damaged by basic attacks when he crouches.
** ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, the boss of Excalibur's Lighthouse, can only be damaged when he ''attacks'' or depowered. This means the best idea to hit and kill him is by using Nightcrawler's collision teleportation (see CollisionDamage below) or do a tricky depower by jumping close to the vertical energy but go back and attack.

** And finally FinalBoss Magneto can only be damaged when he drops his BattleAura, which he only does after floating from one platform to another. The player has to lure him into doing this, however, because left to his own devices he will happily stay in one place and wear the player down with spam of his ExtraOreDinary attack (also detailed below)

* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame: At the end of [[spoiler: The second level (a Shair space station), you meet Lilandra, who tells you this part isn't a simulation after all, and that she needed your help because [[CainAndAbel her sister Deathbird]] took over the place with a coup. She then apologizes for the interruption and teleport you back to Earth. Though it's left ambiguous over whether this was part of the simulation- the player character who encounters her will comment that her explanation makes no sense once they're back in the Danger Room.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: There are no "lives" in this game per se -- if you lose all your health bars with a character that character can no longer be selected. To offset this, you are returned to the Danger Room's main hub after each level, which acts as a PlayerHeadquarters and is full of floating orbs you can destroy to replenish your character's health and mutant power bars.

* AssistCharacter: Archangel, Iceman, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, and ComicBook/JeanGrey appear as summonable assist characters, though the first four can only be summoned once per stage. There are pickable items that allow you to restore them and summon them more than once, although if you haven't summoned them yet, the item means nothing to you. Meanwhile, Jean always appears to rescue you whenever you fall into a {{Bottomless Pit|s}} and can be summoned to help cross gaps (though not as well as Iceman), and unlike others, she doesn't need to be restored.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Mojo boss is completely invulnerable to frontal attacks, and can only be damaged by attacking its SpiderTank from behind.

''X-Men'' is a home console video game produced by Creator/{{Sega}} in 1993, based on the adventures of the Marvel Comics superhero team, the ComicBook/XMen. One or two players can play as any of four pre-chosen X-Men: ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Gambit}}, or Nightcrawler (despite [[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} not being with the team]] at the time). X-Men is a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis-exclusive game and in 1995 was followed up by a sequel, ''VideoGame/XMen2CloneWars''.

In the game's storyline, Magneto has managed to infect the main computer of the X-Men's Danger Room with a virus, turning off all the safety measures so that all the simulated dangers become truly deadly. When the X-Men show up for what they think will just be a routine training exercise, they instead find themselves trapped in the simulation room and fighting its fantasies, trying to last long enough to find a way out.

* {{Cameo}}:

* JavelinThrower: The Ahab boss hurls its BladeOnAStick at you between gratuitous servings of TeleportSpam.

** On the boss side, Ahab combines TeleportSpam with a BladeOnAStick for a truly nasty fight.

* PteroSoarer: The Savage Land level features a rare few of these which can be ridden if the player is adroit enough to reach them.

* AssistCharacter: Archangel, Iceman, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, and ComicBook/JeanGrey appear as summonable assist characters, though the first four can only be summoned once per stage. There are pickable items that allow you to restore them and summon them more than once, although if you haven't summoned them yet, the item means nothing to you. Meanwhile, Jean always appears to rescue you whenever you fall into a BottomlessPit and can be summoned to help cross gaps (though not as well as Iceman), and unlike others, she doesn't need to be restored.

** ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, the boss of Excalibur's Lighthouse, can only be damaged when he ''attacks''. This means the best idea to hit and kill him is by using Nightcrawler's collision teleportation (see CollisionDamage below).

** Wolverine is, as well. He's got the shortest jump of any of the playable characters, a major liability in a platformer, and he lacks any ability to strike foes who are far away. His healing factor (which works really slowly) is really the only thing he's got going for him.

* SkippableBoss: All the MiniBoss battles (Juggernaut in the Savage Land, Sabretooth and Juggernaut in Excalibur's Lighthouse) are skippable if the player knows how. The second Juggernaut battle can be skipped simply by way of using Nightcrawler's teleport, but CherryTapping the Iceman assist is necessary to skip the first Juggernaut battle and the Sabretooth battle.

* BoringButPractical: Nightcrawler never becomes unplayable unless you die as him, but his teleportation abilities still make him quite the CrutchCharacter. They were intentionally nerfed in the sequel to balance him out with the rest of the cast.

* WolverinePublicity: ''[[AvertedTrope Averted]]'', refreshingly enough. Wolverine is for once not particularly better or worse than any of the other characters -- he deals the most damage (when his claws are out) and has a HealingFactor, but said healing factor is slow to work and he goes into a self-damaging [[TheBerserker berserker rage]] if you try to use his claws after running out of mutant power. Played straight with the marketing, though, as seen by the game's box cover above.

* UnwinnableByMistake: [[spoiler: If you're playing on a Sega Nomad, you can't beat the game, as the Nomad lacks a reset button, which must be pressed to progress past Mojo's Future Crunch.]]